Meeting
Abstract Number: 393
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 5 year-old boy presented to the emergency room with a “red and swollen penis”. No history of trauma or inciting event. The day prior, he complained of suprapubic pain and had 4 episodes of NBNB emesis. No fevers and otherwise negative ROS. Labs in the ED were significant for a […]
Abstract Number: 509
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old Dominican female, G3P2002, at six weeks gestation and no significant medical history presented with complaints of fever, headache, myalgias, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and diffuse abdominal pain for two days. She denied any recent travels, sick contacts, or any bug bites or ticks on her body. Patient is only allergic to penicillin […]
Abstract Number: 660
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: We present a 53-year-old Caucasian male with a history of Ankylosing spondylitis and Sjogren’s syndrome who presented to the ED with cough, fever, fatigue and mild rash that appeared during his admission for a recent knee replacement. Discharged on cefadroxil, his symptoms persisted after completing treatment. No concerns for surgical site infection were […]
Abstract Number: 686
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Schnitzler syndrome (SD) is a rare auto-inflammatory disease where patients present with recurrent fevers, arthralgias, urticaria, monoclonal gammopathy and elevated inflammatory markers. It was first described by Liliane Schnitzler in 1972 [1]. Given the complexity and rarity of this syndrome it is often underdiagnosed and causes a significant delay between disease onset and […]